Cuff-holder.



F. P. DE WILDE.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED DEO.'27, 1911.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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111,3571} p p a. f Applicationfi1edDeeember 2'LI191Lf-SerialKo;668;152..

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M 'Beit' known-that l", FREnP. -DEW1LDE, citizen of: theUn ited States, residing at'Va'n ,;=Ho uten,' in'; the county of Colfax: andStateof New Mexico, haveinvented certain new; and useful Improvements in1;Gufl-Holders, of which thefollowing .is a specification. 'l h'is' invention relates to" improvements-in gcutf holders, and :has for one of its objeets' to provide a sim l constructed device of 1 this character which will yield to outwardly directed strains to ,;enable the "cliff to e moved upwardly-upon'the shirt sleeve when washinggthe hands or doingwork;thatwould- I soil: the cuffs if leftin' their downward posi- "on; and likewise toyenablefthe cuffs be adjusted uponfthe shirt sleeve' if The primary objectof the invention is to l cutf "'supporting *member' beingyi 1dab1ein order that the cuff may be moved upon the forearm Without being disarranged or in anyway distorted-"3 1 a A further object of pro-vide yielding means for normally mainltaining the edgesofthe cufi -in proper alinebrace the forearm atfany point "toqwhich it is -r'aised, efiectuallyholding thecuff against 1 3 being accidentally lowered.

l Another ob ect of the invention'is to provide a device,'o f""this character] which is" readily adaptableto cuffs of various "sizes and {forms without structural change either Withthese and'otherobjectsin view," the invention consists in certain novel features i of construction as hereafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out'in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment, of the inven-. 'tion "p, 1

Figure 1 pective view :of *5 portion of a shirt sleeve including the wristband and the cuff withfthe improvement applied;

Fig. 2 is a planview of the improveddevice; F ig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of E :Fig. 2 Figs. t'and 5 are views of the; two

main body portions of the devicefrom the inside f s ciii tint: reiterated)? rammed-set 1 314.

the invention is] to tbqimthe following description an'dfiindr sameref ence characters.

. a t t 250 v The i "proved device "comprises a body Corresponding and like jpar'ts are "referred 'f formed f of hollow 1 or shellfmembers i 10 -11 with" inwardly directed" rims 12- 13 gengagi-ngfa'ce to face", and with; central openj' inwardly directed. 6 5

structure is produced.

1 bar andthe v flange serving "'to lockfthe sleeve 1651111 the shellsfa'nddikewise to connect the shells and prevent their movement "away from each other; but providingmeans where bythetwoshellsmay be freely rotatedupon the sleeve as a center. 'The plate5-l8 is bent into elongated" Uj-for-In as shownla'nd-witha resilient: tongue 19 connected to the outer @member of the plate and 'fbears yieldablyj upon the inner member of the plate as shown;

in .Fig. 3. V Thefre'e endof-the tongue 19 is bent outwardly-"and extends through an v aperture in the outer member of the plate118; Pivotedyat 20 to the outer member of the plate 18is a cam leverj21 which operates against '-1the" tongue 19 and 'comp-resses the latter inwardly toward the' 'shells j By -this "simple means]: anefiective sp'ringoatch device is produced wherebythe shells may be yieldably connected to a shirt sleeve or other simnaa'bearing23 extends from the rim 13 3 of thejhalf shell member 11 from the opposite side. a -A red 244s supported in the) bearing 22, while a similar rod 25 is slip ported in the bearing-'23, the two rods ex-' tendingat one side partly aroundthe casing-- members 10 -11, and are thence extended olradiall-ynof the casing and in parallel relations asshowmat 26-1-27; and thence directedoutwardly at their terminals as shown at 28'29, and provided with buttons or heads 3031 at their outer ends.

Located within the shell 1011 is a spring represented as a whole at 32 and connected at one end to a pin 33 extending inwardly from the shelllO and at the other end to a pin 34 extending inwardly from the shell l1. "this arrangement the spring exerts its force to maintain the arms and the r buttons yieldably in' 'closedposition, or"ivith bu ttons to draw the edgesof theoufii Itoward each other and: snngly graspthearmf= (The: cufl? in; this-Way 1s retained aga1nst n1ovej ment atany point on the forearm,- 1135 1311- ll li f ent on theforearm ,being secured with out manipulation ot the device, by merely, dra inggthe-sleeve-upward; Thus, if [the hands of the wearer shouldbe soiled and he -should desire toywash them, it is unnecessary for him to grasp the cuflsj or the: secur ng dev ce to ralse the cuffs to a pos -g tion wher'elthe Water would notcontact with, the cuffs, the garment beinggraspechatya point-which, if soiledg would not show 1 at},

k the rist. line Whenthe cufis are brought tofgtheirnormal positlon. Particular attentioni-is called tothe fact thatby this con strnc tion,there is no dangeiyof the. cuffs slipping downward when they have been:

raised, as the pressure on the cufi support-. ing arms is constant and sodirected that the, cn-fli, forced in contact with the arm;

nd not the securing device, is

:gThQ improved device is simple inconstru c ti on,.- e'an be; inexpensively 1 and, strongly manufactured, and of any suitable;materia l 40 and of any suitable size.v 1 q Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: I '1 l-. A,c u-fi'- fastener including a sectional casing each of the sections ofsaid-casin arms. i, t ,1 J ,7, v

'4. A cuff fastener in clud-ingga sectional: casing, each of the sections being'formedq. with an, inwardly disposed} portion, a con-J necting member passing through the; in-, Wardly disposedportions,fwhereby they may rotate one upon the other ia spiral spring,

the sections of the easing.

2" Ascuiifastenen iircluding a sectional casing, thefsections of saidcasing having theircentralportiofns inwardly directed, a

connection between the centralh portionsi'vher'eby'fthe sections may rotate was each? 1;other, the inw ardl'y jv,

a fried by one eithe sections ,and disposed,

adjacent its, center, gandwconnected to, ,pne-

* -respect 1 to v disposed portions forming a 'hub, spring coiled about;,isaid-thub, a pin. car j' terminalot; saidfspring, a pin; carried j the, other-of said sections and disposed?- ,ja'cent' it's ,periphery and-connected-to theother Zend" of j said spring; ,and ,a-f button jsnpporting arm supported by each offithef isectionslof the casing. g cufitfalstener, in plates formed at their edges With,invmr dly j directed flanges and :proyided' centrallyflwithj I'inwardly directed sleeves, 2a member c-Epass-.

cluding 3 pair; of: a

ingthrough fthe sleeves and corm'ectingthe.

plates, whereby they may rotate With' respect I j 1 to each other, a spring coiled about the, sleeves 51 of the plates,'said spring having; one'of; its

terminals connected t one; plate-and, its

:other terminal to the, other. plate e'a'ch of the plates; being formed With apintle lug,

an arm rotatably supported by ieachvlugya j each of said arms being curved to-embrace the ,plates, the} arms extending beyond the plates and being normally. ma ntained parallel by,thejact1on ofth'espring yand cuff} arranged on each :Ofy said engaging neans n1eanscar13ied 'by' one offthesectionsg for Washington, D. C.

45 being formed with an inwardly dispose means carried bytheo-ther section forsecun, portion, a connecting member, passing ingothe outer terminal of. the; spring-and through said inwardly disposed portions, cufi ngagi ean arri d by a h tio whereby the sections; may rotatelioI levupon of the casing. Q. the other, a pin carried, byyeaeh; of thesec-L In testimony whereof; atfix my signa- 50 tions fand disposed) within the C3SiIg,-. the ture in presence of two Witnesses. 1

pin 10 q-one section eing supporte a jacent v a 1 a its periphery and thepin of; the other sec? a i 'WILDE? ifj l5 ,tion beingsuppofrted adjacent its center, a. lVitnesses: y I T 1 a I v spi-ral spring, each of saidipinsbeing oon- O, C, O FICER-,3

55 nectedto aterminal of said spring, "and y I W. D. PIERSON. dorms-or this-patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Pate'nfmi 

